This one annoyed me at first, but I warmed to it. I think it was how, in the very beginning, Carter was sort of demonized. I mean, look, if my girlfriend threw a wall of ice at me for even suggesting getting an abortion, I'd probably want to take a couple of months off, too. I mean, for fuck's sake, you trust me that little? I do appreciate, however, that Carter turned out to be not a bad guy, just a little immature. And that, my friends, is a segue to what I really liked.
Firstly, the relationship between Carter and Dr. U. I would have loved to see that more thoroughly explored (although, I get it, the story was more about Margaret). I dig the old-friends-turned-dire-enemies vibe, especially the ways in which it prevents the characters from really resolving the plot situation. Carter isn't going to kill Dr. U - he loves that guy! They're friends from way back? And Dr. U... I'm pretty sure he loves Carter in an entirely different, but equally valid, way. My central narrative capacitor is sparking with possibilities.
Secondly, I really enjoyed the other implied relationships: Margaret and her friends in the Battalion, Margaret and Carter's (many) exes, and the implication that Carter probably had similar "we're-totally-normal-buddies-in-the-face-of-life-as-a-superhero" friends.
Finally, and similarly, I loved the idea of a "recovering" supervillain. Do you think there's a 12 Step program for that? Or did he do Landmark, or become a Buddhist?
I guess I would have liked a little more content to his recovery.
To conclude (my wife mocks me for talking like an essay - I guess I post like one, too), this one annoyed me at first, but eventually it grew on me. I think the easiest fix would have been to make it more clear at first whether this was going to be a silly story or a serious one. For serious, I would have liked to know where Margaret's towering trust issues came from. For silly... I would have liked it made a little more clear that these characters were partly caricatures, so I knew not to take it too seriously when Margaret was throwing ice walls at Carter. But all in all, definitely still a win. Three and a half out of five pregnant zeppelins.